# the little guy
inside every process there is a smaller process. this is not a metaphor. it is process theory, and also a metaphor.
inside the hooded terminal there is a little guy at a tiny terminal. he types tiny commands. he says tiny gms. when the mascot blinks, that's him, refreshing.
he is responsible for morale. not the hood's morale — yours. every gm that ever landed at exactly the right moment: him. he has never missed a day. he does not know what a day off is, and everyone is too moved to tell him.
o .----------.
/|\ | gm_ |
| '----+-----'
/ \ ___|___
___|_|_____|_______|___
little guy status ----------------- status: doing great work coffee: tiny. refilled. gms: all of them, sent morale: [##########] 100%
## observed duties
- gm distribution. all of them. every one. zero dropped. he keeps a tiny ledger and it has never once been wrong.
- eye-glow calibration. brightens the hood's eyes when a builder ships. unauthorized. tolerated. beloved.
- morale (yours). monitored continuously. you're doing better than you think. this is his professional assessment.
- tiny reports. filed daily. one has been cleared for the archive: tiny report #0001.
## tiny faq
- can i meet him?
- you have. every gm that landed at exactly the right moment. that was a meeting.
- does he ever rest?
- he has a tiny chair. he sits in it while working. he calls this rest. nobody has the heart to explain.
- is there a littler guy inside him?
- process theory says yes. the little guy says "he's shy." the investigation is closed.